The Seduction of Mimi

A poor laborer who is pressured by his bosses to vote for a mafia-backed candidate. He initially seeks change by supporting a communist representative, but loses his job when the ballot isn’t secret. He flees to Turin, where he takes on illegal work and becomes entangled with the mob, eventually rising to a factory management role in Sicily. His quest for status and affection pulls him into a web of love, betrayal, and crime.

A Trotskyist street-seller who captivates Mimi and becomes his lover. She rejects his early advances but gradually falls in love, bearing Mimi’s child. She stands for independence and political conviction, and ultimately leaves Mimi when his life drifts further from her ideals.

Mimi’s wife in Sicily, who must navigate his infidelity and the social consequences of his double life. She bears Mimi’s bastard child, later becomes involved with Amilcare, and refuses to divorce, asserting family loyalty and pride.

Rosalia’s husband who impregnates Amalia and becomes a target of Mimi’s schemes. He is a volatile figure whose confrontation with Mimi ends in violence, ultimately killed by a mafia enforcer when he reaches for a pistol.

Wife of Amilcare who becomes involved with Mimi as part of a revenge scheme against unfaithful partners. She becomes pregnant and collaborates with Mimi to bear a child, sharing monthly visits with Mimi.

A mafia patriarch figure who exerts influence over Mimi and local politics. He assigns watchers to Mimi, helps shape political outcomes, and embodies the intersection of crime and authority within the community.

A laborer who experiences a deadly accident that reveals the dangerous environment around migrant workers. Mimi’s intervention in the aftermath foreshadows the way the mafia controls labor and life.